Doc’s Motorworks

Loved the look of the place. Customers around us were awesome. We didn’t have food just drinks while we waited for some time to pass. Our first server got my drink order wrong. Our second server (yes second) got my corrected drink order wrong as well… Not sure if the tap lines were swithed or what. The second server we had definitely must have been having a bad day or hating her life. Possibly hating happy hour ha! But other than the service this place was definitely cool to hang out at outside.

Has potential to be cool chill spot in the neighborhood however the food is not so good. Good sports and drink spot. All the food I have gotten has kinda sucked the multiple times i have tried it. Even the frenchfries aren’t that good. Is that even possible!!! Great location though.

I’ve visited this location multiple times and have always had a positive experience, until the other day when that experience went from positive to amazing! Paige is so wonderful and helpful, truly made us feel welcomed and accommodated. Tasty drinks, great food, amazing service.

The food is awesome! The waiters are very chill. Which is good thing. It gets busy and they have a very relaxed feeling. Great Patio! I highly recommend the burgers and the cheese fries.

I was in Austin for a Bachelorette party in the 2^nd weekend of ACL and this was our meet-​up spot. Doc’s is definitely touristy, located right off of South Congress. The décor is very kitschy and is definitely «keeping Austin weird». Decent beer selection and fairly standard bar food menu with the exception of the awesomeness that is the Bacon Wrapped Chicken stuffed with Jalapeños and Cheese and dipped in buffalo wing sauce. WOW. After having a couple drinks at Perla, it was just what the doctor ordered to bring me back to the land of the sober.
I enjoyed my food and the waitstaff was nice, but the touristy feel of Doc’s just wasn’t for me. Maybe it was just the crowd on SoCo in general that day? Blame it on my Manhattan addled brain, I suppose.

I’ve been too this location several times. They have a great selection of beer-​but their food is only average. They have a decent happy hour, and daily specials on certain beer. They do have a nice patio-​which is always a plus! I keep coming back for the location-it’s close to the Continental Club/​Gallery-​and I’m there often for their music.

I was told to try the burgers and so I did. I went for the tortilla burger which came with a side of queso and chips. The burger was delicious, the queso yummy and the atmosphere great. I enjoyed sitting outside but having a fan on me. Service was great too. I’ll be returning.

Beer, Wine, people watching, good food and more. What else would you want being situated perfectly on congress.
Excellent outdoor seating with fans and misters for those Texas heat days. They have several TV’s inside so you can keep up with your favorite sporting event.
I’ll try not to become a fixture here to but the fish and chips crispy style is too hard to pass up. :)

Labor Day weekend — not really busy but ½ price burgers and cold beers. Seemed like a good choice for lunch after walking round the south congress shops.
Had the «sancha» burger — beef, chorizo and retried beans. Extremely tasty and just the right amount of food! Served on top of some solid fries. Would definitely do this burger again.
Friend had the chicken fried avocado stuffed with chicken. Also good but I think I won the contest.
Solid list of beers though many of them are in the lighter side. Had a St Arnold lawnmower — never a bad choice on a hot day.

I go to Docs bc it alone has the standard go-​to sportsbar setting in south Austin. Lots of tvs and patio tables. Beer and pub food.
That being said, the food is overpriced. «Happy hour» isn’t a good deal at all.
The game selection that’s on the tv is sometimes weird, and they don’t put on the audio for the big local football games like most sportsbars.
Docs does well bc it has no competition in the So-​Co area.

Enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. Ate here during the week for lunch. Not busy at all when we were there. We sat ourselves, and the waitress came over with menus right away.
Luckily they were having half price burgers! I ordered the Frito pie burger, which was a bit messy but good. Husband ordered the Tort burger, which is a burger wrapped in a tortilla instead of a bun. He really liked it.
Before that we had the appetizer South Congress Eggrolls — so delicious! They are cheesy goodness! We got the chicken kind.
Would definitely return, if only to get those «Eggrolls» again!

Many good entrees. This location kinda for tourists, but they have outside dining!!!

Great SoCo bar to watch sports or drink beer! They had a pretty decent beer list and they have some decent veggie options: veggie burger, veggie sandwich, salads, veggie tacos, queso, four-​layer bean dip, fried mushrooms, fried pickles, onion rings, and more.
Definitely a very chill bar on SoCo. Great if you’re looking for a bar that is more chill than trendy!

The benefits of Doc’s
— Great patio to enjoy the weather
— Insane view of Austin. You will get some of the new with the old
— The food is mediocre but above par for standard bar food. The mixed fajita plate for one actually lasted us three good meals. The Buffalo Chicken Salad was good but it was VERY simple, lettuce, tomato, cheese, chicken breast pieces with buffalo sauce. The Frito Pie was good and could serve a small army battalion, twice.
The not so prettys
— Service was a bit slow but what do you expect when you constantly packed
— Drinks are different but not always in a good way. FYI, add some Tabasco to the Michelada

1 star for a cool vibe.
My friends and I were here on a Friday afternoon. It was fairly crowded– not too crazy though. However I was compelled to write about the disappointing service. Our server was barely anywhere to be found. We were here for about 2 hrs and we must’ve seen her 3 times– 1 for our initial order, 2 cuz we waved her down and 3 to get our checks. It took forever to get our food and drinks and we were hardly checked up on. Food was subpar. Drinks are well, drinks. You can find a place that serves the same but probably far better service.

I have lived here for 4.5 years and just realized how cool Doc’s is! Where have I been? I have no clue. But I was definitely missing out on Doc’s. I stopped in here for the first time during SXSW. My friends and I were in need of some cold beverages and a snack. It is a seat yourself kinda of place so we found a table. We quickly made friends with our waitress — she was awesome!
We each had some cold beers, which were delicious and we ordered the ground beef nachos. Those nachos were so good and perfect!
Everything was so good we actually went back to Doc’s the next day and hung out for several hours and listened to the live bands. I sipped on some delicious, perfect margaritas and of course we had some more nachos. We ended having a bunch of our friends meet up with us here and we had a great time!
I loved the atmosphere here at Doc’s. Everything was chill. There are TVs inside if you want to watch a game or you can hang out on their gorgeous patio and enjoy the beauty of South Congress while people watching. They also have free wifi here which is a total plus!
I will absolutely be back!

Well decided to seat on this place after shopping the whole evening. Little did we know that the service would be so bad. To be honest i don’t know if our serving lady was just tired or irritated or just didn’t care but she simply was not in the mood to serve us. I was really wondering at the end of the night if i should tip or not.
Food was ok — had the fried avocado — but the beers were at least interesting.

Monday night. Tryna carch my MNF.
Me: are there any specials tonight?
Bartender: $ 3 modelos
Me: ok I wanted to get some food but I’m not super hungry, could I get a half order or a la carte?
Bartender: no
Manager: no
FROM ANOTHER TABLE — oh check out the specials! Half off appetizers! So awesome!
Yeah, F you docs. Worst service. Mediocre food. Their only saving grace is location, patio, and lots of TV’s.

Picture it: Sunday and we want to catch some football before ACL Fest. We fired up the Unilocal app (duh, what else would we use) and landed here.
Great location, tons of tables, killer patio and football all over the place. Get there early and check the tvs to see which games will be where. They can’t change the channels. Be understanding about this. If they change one, then they’d have to change them all.
We posted up outside and immediately took advantage of the $ 3 mimosa special. Service is kind of slow. I went with the chicken fried avocado stuffed with chicken. Oh yes my friends, this is a thing. And it’s covered in a tomatillo cream sauce. Out of the six of us, this was definitely the winner. Delicious.
Looking at their menu, they have a great list of specials throughout the week. Want to watch MNF somewhere? Doc’s has half price burgers.
Unilocal nails it here. I would say Doc’s is a 3.5, so I’ll round up to 4 stars.

Of course I went here for happy hour. We’ve been here several times before. This time we ventured to try something new.
Fried fish slider — sounds iffy but very good. Fish was not fishy and batter was crunchy. The slaw was great and the slider roll was like a thanksgiving day roll (soft and fluffy but not too much bread).
Fried pickles — my fiancé’s has now deemed these as his favorite fried pickles. They are the chip style vs spear style. Not my fave but good to eat.